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The paper discusses the significant costs associated with offshore wind projects, emphasizing the economic pressures to resolve performance issues like blade contamination that increase operational and maintenance expenses. It highlights the growth potential of offshore wind energy and outlines the engineering challenges and cost implications compared to onshore wind. Key sections for literature review include the introduction, conclusion, and general challenges, while detailed analyses should be avoided for specific CFD studies.

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The paper discusses the significant costs associated with offshore wind projects, emphasizing the economic pressures to resolve performance issues like blade contamination that increase operational and maintenance expenses. It highlights the growth potential of offshore wind energy and outlines the engineering challenges and cost implications compared to onshore wind. Key sections for literature review include the introduction, conclusion, and general challenges, while detailed analyses should be avoided for specific CFD studies.

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Cost Implications in Offshore Wind: The paper details substantial project costs,

underscoring the economic pressure to address performance issues like blade


contamination, which can increase O&M expenses.

8. Which part of the paper should I use in the literature review on my work?
You should primarily use the introductory and concluding sections of this paper for
your literature review, as well as parts that describe the general offshore
environment. Avoid delving into the detailed geotechnical or structural analyses,
as they are not relevant to your specific CFD study on blade deposition.

Here are the specific parts and some sentences you can use:

For the overall importance and growth of offshore wind energy (Introduction,
Section 1):

"Offshore wind is a source of clean, renewable energy of great potential value to


the power industry in the context of a low carbon society."

"Renewable energy has become increasingly important over recent decades as a means
of achieving international targets for reduced greenhouse gas emissions while
ensuring energy security."

"Although some way behind onshore wind, it can be seen that offshore wind energy
production has started to accelerate."

"Offshore wind farms are gradually beginning to flourish as offshore wind energy
technology matures."

You can also cite the ambitious global targets for offshore wind capacity (e.g.,
EU's plan for 40 GW by 2020, China's 65 GW by 2030).

For the general challenges and cost implications in offshore wind (Introduction,
Section 1, and Cost Analysis, Section 3):

"Offshore wind-power generation presents many engineering challenges including:


limited guidelines available for analysis and design of foundation/support
structures; inadequate logistics for construction/fabrication; and comparatively
expensive operation and maintenance costs, which combined result in current
levelised cost of energy approximately double that for onshore wind-power
generation."

"From the point of view of investment per megawatt (MW), offshore wind is still
some 50% more expensive than onshore wind."

"Typically, offshore wind turbines are 20% more expensive, and towers and
foundations 350% more costly than similar onshore counterparts."

"Rapid development of offshore wind energy depends on a good understanding of


technical issues related to offshore wind turbines, which is spurring ongoing
research and development programmes."

For the demanding environmental conditions of offshore sites (Environmental


Loading, Section 5):

"Offshore wind-turbine structures are designed to resist loading from hydrodynamic,


aerodynamic and also ice and ship-impact sources, whereas onshore structures are
principally designed to withstand aerodynamic loading."
"For offshore, surface roughness is low... Hence wind speed increases sharply with
increasing elevation above sea level, producing very steep wind-speed profiles
compared with onshore sites."

"Such foundations must be designed to resist very large numbers of wind and
hydrodynamic load cycles of varying direction, amplitude, and frequency that occur
over a project's typical design life of 25 years or so." (While this is about
foundations, it highlights the general harshness of the marine environment for all
turbine components, including blades).

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